Loft on an axis

Loft on an axis

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Loft on an axis

Anonymous
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I thought this would be so simple.... now I'm simply frustrated. Why is this not working? I simply wanted to loft two shapes together. They happen to share a common axis. Any help would be MUCH appreciated - I've lost 4 hours to this problem.

 

Boston

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JDMather
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File>Export and then Attach your *.f3d file here and end all doubt.


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etfrench
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A few more details about what is failing would definitely help.

@jeff_strater My first attempt resulted in this rather obtuse error message:

Null2dSplineCurve.jpgFile attached. (p.s. The rail is a 3 point arc.)

 

My second attempt was successful:

TriangleToRectangleLoft.jpg

The key to making it work was to divide both the triangle and the rectangle in half (Mirror it to complete the model).

ETFrench

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jeff_strater
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@Boston.watts, I think the problem is that this is a special case of the "hollow loft" problem:  lofting-of-hollow-features.   In addition to @etfrench's approach, you can do this with two lofts (though you need a second rail curve):

 

 

 


Jeff Strater
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